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SimonA
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It may seem like my question should be in another board on periodic tables but I need answers from here. I'm hoping for vigorous criticism on a couple of deliberately annoying questions;
1) Why do the inner shells have a specific electron capacity - and the outer ones all the same ?
2) Is there any chance that helium and hydrogen fit as well into other columns in the periodic table ? (I'm not saying they do - just hoping for an explanation in terms of physics rather than chemistry)
3) Could there be atomic orbital shells, or sections of those shells, that we cannot detect ?
4) Whilst chemists like to flatten out the orbital shells, is there any room for physicists to envision multi dimensional electron shells ?
5) Could it be that on the chemists flattened out electron shell model (okay I admit they don't really use them :) ), that dark matter is in fact atoms with electrons in inner shells before we even see the Hydrogen shell ?
I think its best I stop there - but I would really appreciate any comments or criticism. Any details about why my comments are stupid would be welcomed immensely.
Many thanks
Simon
1) Why do the inner shells have a specific electron capacity - and the outer ones all the same ?
2) Is there any chance that helium and hydrogen fit as well into other columns in the periodic table ? (I'm not saying they do - just hoping for an explanation in terms of physics rather than chemistry)
3) Could there be atomic orbital shells, or sections of those shells, that we cannot detect ?
4) Whilst chemists like to flatten out the orbital shells, is there any room for physicists to envision multi dimensional electron shells ?
5) Could it be that on the chemists flattened out electron shell model (okay I admit they don't really use them :) ), that dark matter is in fact atoms with electrons in inner shells before we even see the Hydrogen shell ?
I think its best I stop there - but I would really appreciate any comments or criticism. Any details about why my comments are stupid would be welcomed immensely.
Many thanks
Simon
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